..Many Babis were beheaded, hanged, blown from the mouths of cannon, burnt or chopped to pieces.. Thus in a tradition recorded by Jabir, which the Shiihs regard as authentic, we read:--
..his saints shall be abased in his time, and their heads shall be exchanged as presents.. they shall be slain and burned.. the earth shall be dyed with their blood.. these are my saints indeed. (E.G. Browne-New History of the Bab) (17:1)

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